Welcome to Bury Hill Angling Club,

one of the country’s prettiest and most productive mixed coarse fisheries.

Widely regarded as one of the finest coarse fisheries in the country, Bury Hill Fisheries has four lakes offering fantastic fishing for the pleasure, match and specimen angler alike. Whether you are looking for 40 lb plus carp, arm aching action from multiple catches of smaller carp, monster pike, double-figure zander, 100 lb nets of quality tench, bream and true English crucian or simply the chance of catching a huge 3lb plus roach, rudd or perch, all of this is possible at Bury Hill Fisheries. As you will see from the countless pages of catch photographs and in-depth information that follow, Bury Hill is far from your regular fishery.

Whilst day anglers will still be welcome to its lakes who simply by purchasing a day pass on arrival, we continue to move to membership, which provides a range of benefits, allowing anglers greater access to our four unique lakes, which represents an important step forward for the future of the fishery with members enjoying unrivalled sport in lovely, peaceful surroundings catching a wide range of species to specimen size.

You can now apply to join our Angling Club on a day-only or day-and-night basis, fishing in a secure environment with gated access at one of the most pleasant and popular locations in the South East of England. Please follow the link below for full membership details.

What we offer

Bury Hill Fisheries is part of a 200-year-old estate set in a beautiful, secluded valley in the heart of the Surrey Hills, An oasis of calm amid the bustle of the busy, nearby towns of Dorking and Redhill, and just 40 minutes drive from London, the lakes are tucked away along a rhododendron-lined drive on a wooded hillside that drops down to the water, leaving the outside world behind.

Famous since the 1960s, when it was frequented by some of Britain’s leading anglers, the Old Lake has matured into a wonderful pleasure fishery enhanced by the addition of three other lakes each offering a different type of fishing for a variety of fish sizes and species.
Whether you want to catch a pedigree English carp of over 40 lb, large numbers of bream and tench to specimen size, a double-figure zander, huge true crucian carp, specimen roach, rudd and perch or big pike, you’ll find it all available at Old Bury Hill’s lakes.
The four lakes totaling 20 acres offer a wide choice of fishing styles and surroundings, from intimate swims bordered by lily pads where you can float fish amid the bubbles of feeding fish, to distant casting for reel-churning runs and arm-aching battles with countless lively carp.
There’s a world of different ways of fishing to be enjoyed in magnificent surroundings and comfortable swims, all of which makes Bury Hill the favourite fishery for many of our anglers.

The Lakes and Fishing

A famous fishery since its creation in the 19th Century, Bury Hill was renowned through the 1950s for tench and pike sport, and more recently through the 60s and 70s the nation’s finest match anglers travelled hundreds of miles to line its banks to compete in regular competitions.

Nowadays, following years of careful fishery management and investment, Bury Hill has blossomed into an unrivalled all-round fishery, attracting specimen hunters, pleasure anglers and matchmen alike from far and wide. The beautiful main lake at Bury Hill, with its mysterious and overgrown jungle and magical rhododendron lined island is matched only by the prolific fishing found on the two smaller lakes situated in the lower valley, designed and created especially for pleasure and competitive fishing in the early 1990s.

This weeks latest catches week ending 16/12/18

• Great carp and roach sport on Bonds
• Anglers using pole and maggots to catch both species
• Double-figure temperatures forecast for the weekend
• Winter solstice and Full Moon next Friday and Saturday

FISHERY OPENING TIMES
The fishery currently opens for day ticket fishing at around 7.00am on weekdays; 6.30am weekends and Bank Holidays. Current closing time is approximately 4.00pm.

TACKLE & BAIT SHOP OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK!
Open 7 days a week, 362 days a year, when you need it!

• PLEASE BE AWARE, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ROD LICENCES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM THE TACKLE SHOP. THEY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM POST OFFICES AND ONLINE AT www.postoffice.co.uk/rod-fishing-licence

• The predator fishing season begins on October 1 and finishes on March 14.

THIS WEEK’S FISHING! (in brief)
There’s some great sport to be had on Bonds Lake at the moment, fishing with pole or waggler and maggots and catching lots of carp but also roach to specimen size.
An angler had 15 roach to 1 lb 6 oz as well as eight carp to 12 lb during his session, and the combination of maggots and suitable tackle meant he could catch both species by fishing the same approach.
After the recent chilly weather, there’s a return to double-figure values forecast for next weekend, as well as an end to the easterly winds, which are expected to swing round to south-westerlies on Wednesday and to continue from that direction into the weekend.
And with the shortest day on Friday, daylight length will begin to increase from this weekend onwards.
After a wet weekend, Monday is expected to be dry and sunny, with a high of 9 degrees C, though starting chilly at 4 degrees overnight from Sunday, but followed by a mild 8 degrees overnight into Tuesday, which should reach 9, but with rain in the afternoon, and 7 overnight into Wednesday, which should also reach 9 and be largely dry. A cooler night of 5 degrees into Thursday should lead to a dry day of 8 with some sunshine, then 5 again overnight into Friday, which should reach 11, though with rain in the morning, followed by 8 overnight into a dry Saturday of 11, with 7 overnight into a similar Sunday. Winds should change from moderate south-easterlies into south-westerlies overnight between Sunday and Monday, becoming strong south-easterlies on Tuesday, but then lightish south-westerlies on Wednesday, moderate and more westerly on Thursday and stronger south-westerlies on Friday and into Saturday, becoming lighter on Sunday. So a welcome change to more fishy conditions from midweek and in particular for next weekend, with dry and milder weather forecast and a healthy ‘chop’ on the water to stir the fish into action. And with the week after likely to be one of flat calms, cool days and chilly nights as high pressure comes in following the Full Moon, it’s as well to take advantage of this weekend’s more favourable conditions.

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OLD BURY HILL LAKE – GENERAL & BOAT FISHING

The Old Lake continues to produce carp and bream and a sprinkling of zander to anglers who look for signs of fish and keep on the move. When conditions make fish reluctant to search for food, dropping on them can often bring a result.
Watching for gentle bites and takes and making bite indication more sensitive is also one of the keys to success in the cooler conditions.
A Dean’s Casuals match in cold winds was won by Norman Youldon with 23 lb 8 oz of bream to 4 lb on feeder, ahead of Mark Hathway on 21 lb 12 oz.

TEMPLE LAKE – CARP

A slower week for reported catches on Temple, but on milder days there should be a good chance of some action.

PLEASE NOTE: LEAD CORE IS BANNED ON BOTH TEMPLE AND THE OLD LAKE. PLEASE SEE KEN IN THE SHOP FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

BONDS LAKE

Bonds is a popular choice among visitors, because of its track record for producing multiple runs, and also because a variety of tactics work, meaning visitors can fish in a way that they enjoy and still catch plenty of fish.
Pole or feeder, straight lead or waggler, or pellet waggler up in the water with baits fired over the top all work well, and the fish keep on the move, giving lots of anglers a slice of the action.

Steve Sprout, from Farley Green, had a memorable day with the lake’s carp and roach at peg 12, catching eight carp of up to 12 lb and 15 roach of up to 1 lb 6 oz, along with a 12 oz rudd, all on pole and maggots, fishing double or triple maggot on the hook.
The roach that remained in Bonds when many of the fish were moved to Milton Lake the winter before last have grown on, boosted by the high-protein feed from anglers fishing for carp.
With balanced tackle, it is possible to catch both carp and roach on the same tactics, not knowing what you are going to hook next when the float goes under, because maggots make a perfect winter bait for both species, as Steve proved.
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MILTON LAKE

Milton Lake is the place to head for if you want tench, bream, crucians and specimen roach, along with a chance of a bonus carp, either on waggler with a running line, or pole close in or up against the lily pads, where fish can often be lined up with a little-and-often loosefeeding approach using small baits.

Just got back from a three day trip with my mate Dino fished Milford pond first really good down trench following day hired one of the boats Fished The jungle bagged up on bream following day went back on Milford fantastic day well worth the trip from Yorkshire recommend it will go back🎣👍